Office romance prevalent
(Chinanews.cn)
Updated: 2006-07-05 10:33
To hunt for marriage partners, single white collars in Beijing have begun to
change their focus from at a range of the whole city to smaller units—their own
work places.
 "We work from morning to evening. We have no chance to meet other
boys/girls except our colleagues. We don't want to be single, but there is no
chance for us to change our situation," shrugged Li Yan, an office worker at
Beijing Fenglian Plaza.
It is learned that finding a boyfriend or girlfriend has become a headache
for many white collars.
Recently, Beijing Fenglian Plaza becomes a sea of lilies when a special
matchmaking activity is in full swing.
Holding lilies, single office workers all from the same office building are
organized together to seek their would-be boyfriend or girlfriend here, most of
them being from well-known companies, such as Coca-cola and Dell. Although they
work in the same building every day, they don't know each other until now when
the chance is presented for them. They also get access to their internal
websites or mobiles to get to know each other in the same office building.
Meanwhile, similar office romances are also staged at several other famous
office buildings in Beijing, such as Shangdu International Center, Jianwei
Building, and Jing'an Center.
It is learned that sponsored by a biggest matchmaking website in China, the
activity will cover 50 thousand single white collars. It is the first time in
Beijing for educated single youths to look for their marriage partners on a
large scale among office employees in the same office buildings sharing similar
backgrounds and status.
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